In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR FRANKLWe can discover this meaning in life in three different ways: 1. by doing a deed; 2. by experiencing a value; and 3. by suffering.
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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Spiritual freedom makes life meaningful and purposeful.
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Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
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If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.
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Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
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When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
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No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
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The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
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A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
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Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
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Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
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The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.
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In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
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